Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-16
NORWOOD on HIS METTLE
lNSINuATION$ TIL It H, WAS A
LOBBYI>i DENIED.


How His Name App, AIRED in The Ac-
counts o; the Centred y ,cttic Rat =" a
Mystery which he DOES not Under
stRnd-His Retention bv the ~"u h I'm
Pacific Mere M .tter OF Ru.iness.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l5.-The New
York World this morning reprints por-
lions of what is known as the Cotton
Huntington letters, first published in the
San Franc SEQ Chronicle in 1873. being
letters from G. P. Huntington, d, D. Col
ton, CHARLES Croker, and Others, refer
ring to the Efforts Of the lobby to influence
legislation in Con gress. and also long
statement OF items disal0Wed ~ the
Government Auditor OF I'd Pacific rail
road accounts from the accounts of the
Central Pacific railroad during several
yenrs. aggrelsting nearly $2,000,0oO.
Anon these ri cted items during he
years 1878 and 1879 appear several items
Of ia, ment to T. NJ. Norwood, who is not
identified.
SOME OTHER NORWOOD.
In parenthese after one Of these Nor
wood items. the World publishes the fol-
lowins: Cong essmNn I. M. Norwood,
o: Georgia, said this evening that the T.
NJ. Norwood menti0ned in the list of re-
jected accounts must he that OF some
other Norw"od He said be never had
any connection in any way with the Cen
trail Pacific railroad and never received
any tee from that Company Of any kind.
He saws that there are many Nnrwo Dis
in the West and That an examination viii
show that il mist be some of the West
eTn Norwood"
This matter
MR. NORWOOD EXPLAINS
was made he subiecl OF eX planaliOn in the
House to-day 10y Mr.. Norwood. He said:
An article appears in the New York Word
OF To-day wilch my name is u-ed m con
tctInD vi il the accuun : OF the Central Pa
elf railroad, and desire 10 submit irw
rema KS On the injection OF thai name with
those accounts. ! do 50 principally for
ihi- reason: Lat evening Mr..
Durham, VINO represents III New 70
World. called upon me and a.ked II
had ever rcpresenied clam again-t tn
Central Pacific railroad or Union Pacific
railroad. | iod hum | never had. He said
in tAe account IL he Treasury department
cert IN items ~ hich had been cla lmtd b. one
y. ~. NOrN ood had been r jected by the gov
eminent IN lts accounts with the Central Or
Cnon Pacific raifOa1s, he as not CERTAIN
whlcu.
NOT THE MAN.
l told him tina, If any claims had ever been
presented against elther of these companies
by one f. VI. NorW ODD was he pers -,
AID IN consequence of that iute. view THIS
paragraph appe ar In the WoIl:
Congressman I. NJ. Nor" God, Of Georgia,
taid THIS evy nIng that Iii" I. NJ Norwood
mentioned in the liSt of rejecIe ac. ou"t
mast he that of rome ether NOrw, od. He
said he never had any connection IN any wa,
WI IL the Contra! Pac lic raj road, anu never
rece we'd an fee from that emp ny OF any
kind; ne says hat there are many Norwoo i-
in the Yves, ami that an eNamiuai II Mlll
show that Il must be some of the Western
Norwoods."
THE EXPLANATION,
That statement wa IN c. sequence OF his
asking meIf ever had ~, lalIm against the
Contra. Pacific or The MON p C ne. Nutliug
was saul o n m bN rete, euce TO the ,utnern
Pa inc railroad, AID now come to he eA-
pianati II OF he acc uuL As II appe irs in the
world in connie on Nlth my name. | pre-
sumo am the \or"oud mentioned IN the ac-
count. IL ISIS. something yer a Year 7fter
NJ term expired IN tie senate. was engaged
by The ooutnein Pacific railroad mp ny
co nse in the conte tnat was then 60 ng on
b, tween that cOmpan! aud he Texas Pac tic
Enlroad Company, represented by Tom
scout.
THE CONTEST.
The contest s rs to a certain line OF road.
Mr. scot was asking from Congress n large
sub-idy. The southern Pacific ral,rhHd pr
pos d To butt a southern iine without suusi-
uy. and /. op o ing subsidies IN the main. ami
believing the -Oulhe u Pac.dc Rautoad Com
pam IN euded TO buud me " hIca ouid be
q true Sou hern line, engag eu n that ~lIc OF
the issue. l engaged upon a rrgular 5 ltrv
OF $.O,0n0 year, ANA all travelling expense
10 uc paid. Tina contest went IN lor some
two years. when finally Mr.. Scot abandoned
ihe ticld AID the nth RI Pacific bullt It's
rUad. NJ services were rendered publicly.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
engaged IN lubuc disc : ions many times |
When was So employed | had a ul,cu-s on
with ex- Govern r. WdtJ~. o Aldham t, 81. TO
the Legs ur' of that state. | had HUo ner
d scu-rlon with eN-(ipV. John Z. Brown, OF
Tenuesse,, at Char. ston, ;. c, before lie !
Chamber Of Commerce. T e it ms entered
here presume u' be FIR fees thai were p .lG
H. me rom time to time 10y Inc >OulneTn "a
cInc Railroad Cumuau an account of nv
regular salary. This is my Connection Win /
the case. That is al 1 ever r, ce we'd from
them. and that MS received as my salary as
counsel in III at cOutcs
MYSTERY.
How these items got ia othe account OF the !
Central p citlG Ral road Company with The
Tn ted at I do not know. but my agre,.-
meni was with TN southern Pacific RAJ road
corporal on, and in writing, Tor sprcihtd
sum and nv expenses ua,d. Iul> is al the /
connection thtt | ever have hat with q OF
ever have r, ceVcd ami / rcIicra c that ]
never mad ~ any h. alS CONNIE. tom what
ever with ~" Cent a L rrIiic Rtjlrua CON-
pauy or he Union Pacific Rs ROAD onpauy.
! tha4k the ii Gse Tor tt inuulI nee.